Category: Outdoors

A white mug of tea and a rainbow-striped partly knitted sock are balanced on a stone wall. Behind them, the view is across green fields and trees to a lake and a mountain. The water is still and reflects the sky and the mountain

Still calm

It seems almost impossible that it’s a week ago that I last chatted with you and this was the view with my morning brew. Yes, I have slopped my tea down the side of...

A mackerel sky (rippled clouds) above mountains with a large tree silhouetted in the foreground

All about the sky

I sat down to write this week’s post, looking through all the photos that I’ve taken over the couple of weeks that the Sockalong birthday posts were the focus of the blog – and...

A garden border with a variety of flowering tulips in a range of colours from orange to pink to red

More fresh air!

Not so small daughter was back at college this week – well, for most of this week as there was another teachers’ strike and we spent Thursday morning sharing the kitchen table with our...

A footpath stretching into the distance between trees and bushes. A black dog is on the path

Fresh air

I’ve known for a very long time that being out in the fresh air is the best thing for you – it’s good for your physical health and your mental health, you meet people...

A rainbow against a dark sky above a green hedge

On the bright side …

Look at that sky! Whenever I see a rainbow, I immediately think of my Brightside yarn.  Rainbows were absolutely the inspiration for that yarn, and the idea that there is always something better and...

A tall purple hyacinth spike in a garden border

In the garden

Hello, hello, how are you doing?  I hope you’ve had a FaBuLous week! It was the Spring Equinox on Monday – can you believe that, winter is over, the days are getting longer and...